Pandemic shutdowns brought âenvironmental qualityâ, aggravated inequalities – Zero
Shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic enabled an increase in environmental quality but there also was a rise in social inequality, Portuguese environmental association Zero warned on Sunday. In a
Portuguese school children help take climate struggle to European Court of Human Rights
The bid – supported by Portuguese schoolchildren – to sue countries failing to protect the planet from climate change has finally been accepted by the European Court of Human Rights.
Guterres warns threat of climate change âmuch bigger than pandemicâ
UN secretary-general AntĂłnio Guterres has delivered a searing assessment of the international response to climate change, stressing that its threat is âmuch bigger than the threat of pandemicâ. At a
Government to invest âŹ1.7 million evaluating Portugalâs âvulnerabilityâ to climate change
At a point where dams and other water sources are massively depleted in the southern region, JoĂŁo Pedro Matos Fernandes, minister for the environment and climate action has signed off
Tavira climate change march
Why we need to save the Centro de Experimentação Agråria de Tavira (CEAT) Citizens, residents and students from Tavira will march in unity on Friday, March 13 to protest against
Portugal leading the way on climate change
Portugalâs Minister of Sea declared that the country is at the âfrontline of climate actionâ and wants to âlead the world in the right directionâ at the opening ceremony of
Top scientists meet in Faro to work on major climate change report
This weekend marks the start of a meeting between around 260 climate change specialists from 60 countries who will be coming together at the University of Faro in the Algarve
Coastal crisis looming â sea levels rising faster than expected
Latest estimates warn that many coastal cities, towns, villages and resorts in mainland Portugal are likely to become increasingly vulnerable to flooding or total destruction by sea levels that are
âWorst position everâ: Portugal falls eight slots in climate change combat ranking
Portugal has fallen eight slots in the global ranking for âperformance in the combat against climate changeâ. The alert has been sounded by environmental NGO Quercus which says that Portugal
Top scientists to gather in Faro to work on major climate change report
Around 300 climate change specialists from around the world will be gathering in the Algarve between January 27 and February 1 to work on a report about the impact of